Upon
graduation from Brown U. with BA in anthropology in the early 1960s, I
joined the newly created Peace Corps and served 2 years in Peru. It was a
strange time when President Johnson announced the Gulf of Tomkin attack
the night before we left for training in Puerto Rico in 1964 and two years later
when I return the US to the cannibus
high of a love-in in New York City's Washington Sq.
During those two years, I learned a lot, built up many memories, and created many theories of what my impact might be on the future, I wonder sometimes just what was accomplished or whether time and aging have distorted those memories and my hopes unrealistic.
All of this was brought to the forefront of my mind today when I came across this blog entry by Tony Waters. I wonder how many anthropologists and anthropology graduates served in the Peace Corps and have had similar experiences?
http://www.ethnography.com/2015/08/peace-corps-edifice-complexes
During those two years, I learned a lot, built up many memories, and created many theories of what my impact might be on the future, I wonder sometimes just what was accomplished or whether time and aging have distorted those memories and my hopes unrealistic.
All of this was brought to the forefront of my mind today when I came across this blog entry by Tony Waters. I wonder how many anthropologists and anthropology graduates served in the Peace Corps and have had similar experiences?
http://www.ethnography.com/2015/08/peace-corps-edifice-complexes
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